Vacation in Florida

We just returned from an amazing vacation in Florida, to 17 degree weather and lots of snow! The first few days of our vacation were spent at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando where we visited the Universal Studios Parks and visited with some wonderful friends. The kids loved the zero entry pool, and I was happy to be outside in the sunshine!

The second day of our stay, we were joined by my friend Marcy who also adopted two of her children from Guatemala. It was so nice to visit with them, made our stay even more special!

Three of our Guat tots:

The kids enjoyed the water taxi we took to City Walk where we visited the restaurants and theme parks:

Sela had lots of fun in the store trying on wigs:

We watched a wonderful show at the Universal Studios theme park which showed lots of animals from the movies and the various tricks they did. Here is Sela posing with the pug from Men in Black and a bird from a recent movie:

Leaving the Hard Rock Hotel was sad, but the kids cheered up as soon as they saw Bubie and PopPop!

My "things" (from the Cat in the Hat) at the Kennedy Space Center:

Too bad we are missing the actual shuttle launch which doesn't happen until Feb 7 at 4:39 am.

The next day, we went to Disney's Magic Kingdom, where Sela had a makeover at the Bippity Bobbity Boutique which was a late birthday present. I hope she loved the whole experience, even if a bit overwhelmed. She is my beautiful princess!

Posing with Cinderella's evil stepmother and stepsisters:

We went on rides, and Bubie loved it!!

PopPop had a great time too, even though Sela could barely see over the steering wheel!

We visited lots of princesses:

And, finally ended the day with dinner in Cinderella's castle complete with fireworks out the window after dessert!

The hair and some makeup held up overnight, she was still glowing the next day!

Finally, a trip to the Nature Center with Bubie and PopPop rounded out the trip.

We had a wonderful time, enjoyed our friends and family and are now glad to be home!